r/breakingbad • u/guitarguy35 • 14h ago
Do you Think Gretchen and Elliot made good on their word and got Walt Jr. The money Walt left?
I always wonder if they heard about walts passing on the news if they would assume the contract killers were uninterested and called his bluff, or if they did it. I can't tell. I can see how narritively it would be interesting to have had it all been for nothing and they turned the money into the police. Much more satisfying to believe he got it to him though..
So what do you think?
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u/blizzacane85 14h ago
Of course…Gretchen and Elliot loved Walt like a brother in law
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u/bigfootabductee 13h ago
Grey matter whatever happened there
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u/Cockbewbs54321 13h ago
What ever happened there
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u/John3791 5h ago
They say you're stupid
That you're too young to vote
They say you'll swallow anything
That they shove down your throat
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u/dillonEh holy shit, Walt is Heisenberg?? 1h ago
Walt left the company on his own accord. It rubbed him the wrong way when he found out that his girlfriend-at-the-time and investor was already from a rich family ("Little rich girl, just adding to your millions.") But Gretchen and Elliot never harbored any ill-will towards Walt, besides them maybe being upset that he left the company so early.
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u/Marjorine22 14h ago
IDK. At the end? He looked like a Puerto Rican whore. Makes me sick.
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u/Failure456Mil 14h ago
Mr Gilligan confirmed that yes they gave Mr Flynn Lambert $10,000,000.
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u/Expert_Layer_7710 10h ago
I always wanted a walt jr spin off or at least a one of episode but sadly we never will
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u/Far_Orange_8492 13h ago
I think so yeah. For all they knew, Walt's empire had a lot of players that would act upon his wishes even if he wasn't around. Better to just quickly give Flynn the money and wash their hands of Walt once and for all.
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u/Ichgebibble 13h ago
Gretchen and Elliot seem like they wanted to do the right thing and giving it to Flynn was more “right” than turning it into the police
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u/pm_social_cues 11h ago
But it was drug money. How is that “more right”?
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u/Ichgebibble 11h ago
They love Walt and by extension, his family. Giving the money to Flynn was Walt’s dying wish and Flynn could now have the life Walt wanted him to. Turning the money in would’ve been the moral choice but giving it to Flynn was the loving choice
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u/FocacciaHusband 9h ago
The most "right" thing would be to turn the money into the police, so it can be used to benefit society, and then they use their own, legal money to support Walt's family to the amount of the money they turned over. Essentially, a huge charitable donation to make sure they don't break the law and also help out society in the meantime.
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u/ShhweadyBallz 13h ago
They most definitely did
Remember ..... the 2 best hit men west of the Mississippi
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u/Impressive_Touch1118 13h ago
I think they would have sought legal advice and would have gone with whatever their lawyer told them more than likely to go to the police.
I think after that they would go one of two ways....completely dissociate from any connection with Walt ie Walt Junior OR they would have quietly given him some financial help with their own money towards his education.
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u/Graveyard_Zombie 7h ago
As soon as they learn Walt is dead, they went straight to the FBI. There’s no way they would hold on to the money long enough to give it to Jr.
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u/klippDagga 13h ago
I totally picture G and E as both having different ideas of what they should do and getting into a fierce debate or two about it.
Gretchen was probably of the mind that they should involve law enforcement and Elliot wanted to do as Walt wanted.
I think E was kind of a little wimpy so he caved in the end when G threatened to withhold the nookie.
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u/HRHArthurCravan 12h ago
I thought the opposite. Elliott is indeed a wimp, but also devious. He was trying to shine Walt on knowing they would hand the cash over and tell the police they saw him the second Walt left their house.
Gretchen had more complex feelings and was a stronger personality. I think she did actually feel some guilt about GM, and some sense of connection to Walt, as well as his blameless kids.
In a way, Walt dying the next day makes it an easier decision to give Jr the cash. Walt went out in a hail of bullet, this was his dying wish, his kids do not deserve a blighted life, plus they are scared.
I could see Elliott trying to advocate that they hand over the money, and spend a fortune on security. Gretchen however develops a strange determination to see it reaches Jr and Holly. And since Gretchen is the more forceful character, she wins out.
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u/EvilLibrarians 12h ago
Gretchen saw Walt’s true personality in the diner in season two and didn’t inform police supposedly
Not to say she knew much but she had been sorta intimidated multiple times
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u/Old_Community_5128 7h ago
If they were terrified enough to not try to physically fight fragile and feeble Walt, they were definitely sold with the laser pointers
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u/TheLionOfJudah101 9h ago
they hid it and didn't touch it and made a trust for him and gave him money that way.
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u/11711510111411009710 11h ago
Yes. They clearly do believe that there are hitman that will kill them if they don't.
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u/Full_Lawfulness8263 10h ago
In an alternate universe, RJ Mitte is really Walt Jr where he had the money from Graymatter and didn’t have problems with his financial advisor. All is well.
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u/Normal-Donkey-7976 9h ago
Walt said he sent 2 hit men to watch over them and if Walt Jr. didn’t get the money, they would randomly get killed. Walt at this point snuck into their house and was one of the scariest/dangerous men alive with millions of dollars. They had every reason to believe he was telling the truth which gives every reason to cooperate and give them the money. Especially since you could already see how scared and unconfident they were when they saw an old man in their home despite having a knife advantage and because at the end of the day, they still somewhat had a connection with Walt and his family and know their living condition so it would make sense.
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u/ThunderBurrn Cook 💠 8h ago
Well they would have had to! Else they'd have to face the worst assasins of Albuquerque with their laser guns 🤣
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u/Pinkman505 Meth Producer:redditgold: 6h ago
He got the money and I doubt he knew it was from them. They're already known associates of Walters and want to keep their distance away from them. 100% they've done some shady shit like Beneke and reporting a mill plus to the cops giving them the whole assassination story is probably gonna make the cops start looking into them. Some guy like Saul for the rich handled everything.
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u/Fast-Secretary-7406 10h ago
My belief is that once they knew Walt was dead, they went to the police and turned over the money, but then helped out Skyler and the kids in a significant way (like maybe they gave Skyler a high paying job - essentially closing the circle from what they tried to do for Walt)
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u/cavalgada1 9h ago
There is no universe where those two are brave enough to go to the police or keep any connection to the whites.
They would give JR the money and never contact them again
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u/TheOneWhoSendsLetter 8h ago
Nope, LOL. They were terrified of the assassins.
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u/unstablegenius000 3h ago
Once Walt was dead, the hitmen would have no reason to honor the deal. Gretchen & Elliot were naive but not stupid. Their lawyers would have advised them to turn the money over to the cops. It’s not as if they needed it.
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u/certifiedbpdqueen Methhead 3h ago
I really don’t think they would do that. Walt explicitly told them word for word that “whatever happens tonight, they still get this money” (meaning that he knew they were going to find out Walt was dead and that still wouldn’t change things). He tricked them both into believing that he had hitmen on his side who would still be alive after he died and would still follow through on killing Gretchen and Elliot when they weren’t expecting it if his family didn’t receive the money. So I don’t think they would just run to the cops and prevent the White family from getting the money that was coming to them because they were obviously terrified and paranoid.
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u/KarltonPeaks 10h ago
Skyler likely went to jail. She would at least be unhireable. Gray Matter would have wanted to distance themselves as much as possible from Walt.
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u/clocksteadytickin 9h ago
It was mentioned in better call saul that skyler got a deal from the DA. The one walter laid out before he died.
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u/Poodleape2 1h ago
My guess is they would burn the money and give them an equivalent amount. Rather than risk trying to launder it. If not that they go to the cops once he died. I think Skylar is able to avoid jail do to the location of the bodies but likely they end up homeless or having to move across the country and change their names. I doubt Walt even gets to go to college.
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u/False_Cry_4185 1h ago
I think that’s one of the things that made Walt a maniac. He would have let his family starve if it didn’t come from him, his pride was his worst enemy. He did what he did for himself, he used his family as an excuse. I think when he died, Gretchen and Elliot, turned his money over. I also think Gretchen and Elliot probably gave Skylar money or paid for both kids educations. The thing is that Walt knew that he could have asked them from the beginning and known his family would be ok, but he couldn’t demean himself so he used it as his excuse for fighting. He probably prolonged his life for at least a year, but what his ego cost them is significant!
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u/Brmbo777 8h ago
I mean how would anyone know since it's not real and there's no script that can answer your really stupid question
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u/GunMuratIlban 12h ago
Definitely not. Even if they were somehow stupid enough to do that, they'd get arrested soon after and the money would be confiscated.
The Schwartz were already under suspicion due to their ties to Walter White. Which they ended up publically denying it, both his ties to the company and their personal ties to him.
Now you expect these two to hand over 10 million dollars to Walt's son and call it liberal guilt??? Look, if Walt approach these two in a friendly manner and asked them to pay for his son's college, I guess they could go through with it.
But 10M is a small fortune, not the sort of money you can move freely and certainly not to a deceased drug lord's son. Thanks to daddy's actions, Walter Jr. is no longer a regular teenager. The law enforcement would know some of Walt's money could find its way to his family. Elliot and Gretchen would never be able to explain why they all of a sudden decided to hand out that sort of money.
Sure they would be scared; but they'd come to their senses, talk to their lawyers and contact the law enforcement.
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u/FLiP_J_GARiLLA 11h ago
Definitely did. This isn't real-life, its a fictional universe, and the creator of the show confirmed they did.
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u/GunMuratIlban 11h ago edited 11h ago
That's just lazy writing then, because it doesn't make any sense.
I mean sure, let's consider Elliot and Gretchen to be complete idiots and the law enforcement totally clueless...
How about Walter Jr. and Skyler? They're just gonna think the Schwartz family are handing them 10 fucking million out of nowhere?
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u/FLiP_J_GARiLLA 10h ago
Lots of things in the show "don't make sense"..that's what's fun about fiction
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u/GunMuratIlban 10h ago
Of course, but there are levels to this.
Gus wanting to work with Walt and Jesse don't make sense; but you can sell that. This one though? It's just downright stupid from all directions.
Again, even if we were to assume the Schwartz somehow found a way without alerting the authorities, I can't wrap my head around Walter Jr. and Skyler ever going through with it.
The whole reason why Walt couldn't give that money directly was because they didn't want his blood money. 10 million isn't the kind of money that can go as "hey guys, we just want to help you get back on your feet".
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u/FLiP_J_GARiLLA 10h ago
More like: "sorry we fucked your Dad out of his rightfully owed portion of the funds from our ridiculously profitable business" money so here's something to try and make life much easier despite not having a father anymore
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u/Spez_is-a-nazi 5h ago
This is exactly what would happen, I dont know why you are getting downvoted. The police would be watching the finances of the White’s like a hawk and would know if they got an unexplained windfall. It’s even established in the series that the DEA goes after bank accounts of the relatives of people like Mike that they suspect are involved in the meth manufacturing. Maybe Elliot and Gretchen would just burn the cash and eat the cost of making a public donation so there was no question of where the money came from. Or maybe it was Walt trying to set them up so they would get arrested while making it look like he was trying to help out his family, even to himself.
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u/Timely_Physics_7104 14h ago
Walt explicitly told them that the hitman will be out there watching them „whatever happens to [him] today“.
Of course they know that possibly it is a bluff, but why would they risk not giving the money to Walt Jr? They seemed pretty terrified.